#42 - How to make a career as a full-time food blogger with Uma Raghuraman

Love the episode? Send me a text & tell me.When you introduce yourself as a food blogger, the first few thoughts that come to people’s minds are, “It must be a hobby.”“They’re probably not working full-time.”“Do they make any money from it?”“What do they REALLY do for a living?” “What a convenient & easy life.”Food blogging was always considered a side-hustle, hobby, an extra, up until a few years ago. No one had imagined how the digital world would change,  the world of blogging would take a complete 180 turn and food blogging would make waves like never before. No one had ever thought that food blogging could actually be a career. But taking up food blogging as a full-time career can be nerve-wrecking. Leave alone the idea of blogging as a business, navigating through the outdated notions about food blogging can be challenging enough. Which is why, I have one of India’s top food bloggers, Uma Raghuraman, joining me to answer all questions about becoming a professional food blogger.Uma has a long list of awards, including the Saveur food blogger award and this year she was listed as one of the top 100 digital creators by Forbes india.Let’s just say, she knows a thing or two about food blogging and how to turn it into a full-time, business, a career. Uma talks about the no.1 criteria to become a food blogger, how to find your niche, how  to switch to full-time blogging, skills you need, how to get paid for brand collaborations & career opportunities as a food blogger.Even as a photographer I struggle with the world’s perception of my business as a hobby. In the beginning it made me double-guess whether I could ever make a living out of it but it  clicked.We are extremely lucky to be living in a time when food bloggers have taken blogging to new heights and blogging is no different from a corporate job. There is one difference though - as a food blogger, you’re your own boss.  Sweet ha!Read more at https://myfoodlens.com Follow Dyutima on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dyutima_myfoodlens/ Show notes available at https://myfoodlens.com/42-how-to-make-a-career-as-a-full-time-food-blogger-with-uma-raghuraman/